2134/5071
Katy Beadle
Katy
Beadle
Alistair G.F. Gibb
Alistair G.F.
Gibb
Simon Austin
Simon
Austin
Peter A. Madden
Peter A.
Madden
Almudena Fuster
Almudena
Fuster
Adaptable futures : setting the agenda
Loughborough University
2009
Adaptability
Pre-configuration
Re-configuration
Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified
2009-07-31 15:05:14
Conference contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/Adaptable_futures_setting_the_agenda/9424859
Currently the majority of buildings are designed and constructed as bespoke creations
to suit a particular use at a certain time, with little thought for the future. The Adaptable Futures
project, introduced in this paper, aims to facilitate the development of adaptable buildings in the
UK that take account of an often uncertain future. This paper gives a brief overview of the project
and then goes on to describe the two industrial case studies being used as the main sources of data
collection for the project. These are a pre-configured concept, Newways, developed by
Pharmaceutical organization GSK and a re-configurable concept, Multispace, created by architect
3DReid. Findings from a recent workshop looking at adaptable buildings are then presented.